Chaos Communication Camp call for participation

Paul Böhm wrote in email: "We've just launched the final call for papers for the Chaos Communication Camp 2007 to be held near Berlin this August. The CCC is already well known in security circles worldwide, but for this year's camp we want to make it clear to everyone that we're a camp not only for hackers, but also for builders and makers. Thus i'm presenting to you our final call for papers in the hope you'll mention it on your website."

I find it fascinating that the CCC sees the connection to what we're doing with Make. It's one more important sign that the hacking frontier is increasingly focused on the intersection of computing and the physical world.

Here's a bit more information that Paul sent me:

The Chaos Communication Camp is an international, five-day open-air event for hackers, builders, and makers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC). The camp provides a relaxed atmosphere for free exchange of technical, social, and political ideas. Discuss, sunbathe, and enjoy camping with some of the most interesting people you might ever meet. And all that with internet, power, an abundance of weird self-made gadgets, and people willing to explain them to you, right next to your tent.

The Camp area is themed as a starship launch site and will be splitted into various thematic villages organized by participating groups from all over the world. Have a look at the incredible new location, right next to an old Russian military airfield (we'll launch drones and UFOs - no kidding!). All this together with vintage MiG fighter planes the Soviet airforce left there when they left East Germany, and helicopters, oh my!

Two huge main hangars (for 400 people each) will feature conference tracks with lectures and presentations, while workshops will take place in a central workshop area and in the various villages. To get a first glimpse of what to expect have a look at our self-organizing participants in the Camp Wiki

Sounds like fun. I wish I didn't already have such a full travel schedule. This reminds me of one of my off-hour brainstorms, that we ought to start a travel agency for "Maker Holidays." (Or Hacker Holidays.)